The Whip

by Catherine Cookson

Don't think many characters suffer so much as those in this story. Excellent book, but painful. Really.

The Boleyn Inheritance

by Philippa Gregory

About Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Jane Boleyn. Crazy times -- terrifying. Like can't go to sleep at night. That Henry VIII was evil. Pure and simple, evil.

The Constant Princess

by Philippa Gregory

I have a hard time with books about real people i.e. Katherine of Aragon. All the factual points are there but the story is about the romances and her thoughts, etc. And we just can't know those things. Its not like a diary or a fictitious character whose thoughts are those the author gives them....

I like it so long as I read it with a grain of salt.

Shopgirl

by Steve Martin

I found this book a little depressing, I chose it specifically to read after Heart and Soul for some light reading. It was very good. But not what I expected.

Heart and Soul

by Maeve Binchy

All about the people who run a heart clinic in Dublin. Do not read chapter 3 without a box of tissue. Excellent as all her books are. Thank you Ms. Binchy for telling stories.

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

by Alexander McCall Smith

Another excellent installment. Mr. Smith can't write a bad book! I loved it.